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M 3.2ml

16km E of Kernville, CA

· 8.9 km deep · released about 1,800 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 65 kmTulare County 70 kmInyo County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Kern County, 65 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,800 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.9× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 35.7772, -118.2445. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 65 km (40 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 70 km (43 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Inyo County, CA 115 km (72 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Inyo County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.6 8km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  2. 1.5 22km W of Inyokern, CA
  3. 1.9 15km SSW of Olancha, CA
  4. 1.6 16km NNE of Kernville, CA
  5. 2.1 8km WNW of Little Lake, CA
  6. 1.8 20km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  7. 1.7 13km NE of Little Lake, CA
  8. 1.6 8km ENE of Coso Junction, CA
  9. 1.9 12km NE of Little Lake, CA
  10. 1.6 14km S of Bodfish, CA
  11. 1.6 13km NE of Little Lake, CA
  12. 1.7 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  13. 2.4 12km NE of Little Lake, CA
  14. 1.7 12km NE of Little Lake, CA
  15. 2.3 12km NE of Little Lake, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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